2003–04 in Dutch football

The 2003–04 season in Dutch football saw Ajax regain their title in the Eredivisie. Zwolle were relegated to the First Division.

Johan Cruyff Shield

PSV3–1Utrecht
Robben 14'
Van Bommel 47'
Kežman 89'		 Van de Haar 22'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Haverkort

Eredivisie

Main article: 2003–04 Eredivisie

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

Ajax squad 2003–04

Eerste Divisie

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 FC Den Bosch 74 36 22 8 6 85 48 +37
2 Excelsior 74 36 22 8 6 70 39 +31
3 Sparta Rotterdam 69 36 21 6 9 76 43 +33
4 Heracles Almelo 67 36 19 10 7 71 42 +29
5 Helmond Sport 65 36 19 8 9 66 42 +24
6 De Graafschap 64 36 18 10 8 63 43 +20
7 VVV-Venlo 61 36 19 4 13 76 62 +14
8 Emmen 61 36 17 10 9 65 54 +11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 53 36 15 8 13 79 63 +16
10 AGOVV Apeldoorn 50 36 14 8 14 63 54 +9
11 TOP Oss 45 36 12 9 15 57 60 -3
12 Stormvogels Telstar 44 36 10 9 17 55 62 -7
13 HFC Haarlem 39 36 10 9 17 41 63 -22
14 BV Veendam 36 36 7 15 14 46 71 -25
15 Dordrecht 30 36 5 15 16 33 60 -27
16 FC Eindhoven 30 36 6 12 18 40 69 -26
17 Cambuur 28 36 6 10 20 35 65 -30
18 MVV Maastricht 28 36 6 10 20 32 70 -38
19 Fortuna Sittard 19 36 3 10 23 38 81 -43
  • Promoted : FC Den Bosch
  • Promotion / relegation play-offs ("Nacompetitie"): Excelsior, Sparta, Heracles, Helmond Sport, De Graafschap and VVV Venlo

Topscorers

Position Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands AGOVV Apeldoorn 26
2 Stefan Jansen Netherlands FC Den Bosch 25
3 Yuri Rose Netherlands Heracles Almelo 22
4 Ronald Hamming Netherlands BV Veendam 21
5 Uğur Yıldırım Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles 19
6 Mounir El Hamdaoui Morocco Excelsior 17
Ricky van den Bergh Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 17

Promotion and relegation

Group A

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Vitesse 14 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10
2 VVV-Venlo 8 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1
3 Sparta Rotterdam 6 6 1 3 2 8 10 -2
4 Helmond Sport 3 6 0 3 3 7 16 -9

Group B

Position Team Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 De Graafschap 13 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6
2 Heracles Almelo 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5
3 Excelsior 8 6 2 2 2 8 8 0
4 Volendam 1 6 0 1 5 4 15 -11
  • Stayed / Promoted : Vitesse Arnhem and De Graafschap
  • Relegated: Volendam

KNVB Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
February 4
 
 
PSV0
 
March 16
 
NAC Breda1
 
Twente2 (4)
 
February 4
 
NAC Breda2 (3)
 
Twente3
 
May 23 - Rotterdam
 
Feyenoord1
 
Twente0
 
February 3
 
Utrecht1
 
Sparta0 (3)
 
March 17
 
NEC0 (2)
 
Sparta3 (3)
 
February 4
 
Utrecht3 (4)
 
Utrecht3
 
 
Heracles Almelo2
 

Netherlands national team

Main articles: Netherlands national football team 2003 and Netherlands national football team 2004

See also

References